How Will You Leave Your Legacy?

Giving to Miami Country Day School helps to ensure that we can continue to inspire our children to develop their intellectual, physical, aesthetic, social, emotional and spiritual potentials by valuing every student every day.

Alumni, parents, and friends are including Miami Country Day School in their estate plans, providing the school with necessary funding to continue to offer an extraordinary education, nurturing lifelong learners.

We invite you to join us. Please consider a confidential, no-obligation conversation.

Legacy Society

The Legacy Society provides long-term financial support for Miami Country Day School. The following individuals and families are supporting the financial sustainability of the school through bequests made by a will, life insurance policies, or other estate gifts. All planned gifts add strength to the school's endowment, which is the financial foundation for a successful educational institution. Endowed funds generate income and support scholarships, teachers, buildings, programs, and other important purposes set by the Board of Trustees. Add your name now...

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The Most Popular Planned Gifts

Gifts From Your Will

General Bequest

Through a provision in your written and executed will, you can make a gift in the form of cash, securities, real estate, or personal property. There are many types of bequests. Choose the one that best fits your needs and intentions.

Beneficiary Gifts

Retirement Accounts

Naming Miami Country Day School as the beneficiary of a qualified retirement plan asset such as a 401(k), 403(b), IRA, Keogh, profit-sharing pension plan, or other donor-advised funds, will accomplish a charitable goal while realizing significant tax savings.

Gifts That Pay You Income

Charitable Gift Annuity

You can turn underperforming assets (stock, cash in a savings account, CDs, savings bonds, etc.) into a gift to Miami Country Day School that provides income to you. Your Charitable Gift Annuity will give you quarterly, fixed payments for life and tax benefits, too.

Charitable IRA Rollover

Charitable IRA Rollover

If you're 70 1/2 or older, you can make a gift directly from your IRA to Miami Country Day School. While there is no charitable deduction for a rollover gift, you do avoid the income tax on the donated portion of your required minimum distribution.

Gifts of Property

Real Estate and Other Valuables

Like stock, the fair market value of gifts of appreciated assets such as real estate, artwork, and other well curated collections, can be deducted from your income tax today and reduce your estate taxes in the future.

Let's Talk

There are many giving options available to you, such as naming Miami Country Day School as a beneficiary in your will and charitable gift annuities that provide steady income for you and your family during your lifetime. For more information, please find our contact info below, or submit this form.

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I would like to learn more about supporting Miami Country Day School with a planned gift.
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If you are working with a professional advisor or advising a donor, here's a useful guide for including Miami Country Day School
in a charitable estate plan.

Margot Childs Cheel '63

Marshall Offutt Circle member since 2013

I read recently that life is measured in three stages: learning, earning and returning. Having co-chaired our class' 50th Reunion, I was reminded of Miami Country Day School - Legacy Society
's significant part in that process. The learning years at GFS gave challenge and support which carried into leadership and responsibility in the earning phase. Now I am pleased to give back to Miami Country Day School - Legacy Society
in return.... for planting the seeds of who I have become.

My father planned well for his family. My gift to Miami Country Day School - Legacy Society
with a charitable gift annuity is through stocks from his company. They helped pay for my education; now I can pass it on to future students and continue the legacy of educational excellence at Miami Country Day School - Legacy Society
.